Saying goodbye

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November 26th 2007
Kia Ora from New Zealand! It's been a couple of days since I had a chance to blog - 3 in reality as I lost a day coming here - left Sat. morning at 4 ayem and landed 4 hours later and on Sunday morning. So I am owed a Saturday night that I will never have and plan to chase after it with gusto. So let's rewind a bit to Friday and my last day on Rarotonga. That it started and ended with tears will ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more